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There would be time enough for counting when the dealing was done, as players found out this weekend during the North Dakota State Championship Texas Hold 'em Poker Tournament held at The Vegas Motel in Minot. The 12th annual ND State …

The answer appears to be a resounding YES considering that a hearing on Internet poker regulation is scheduled for January 6 – in the first week of the new year! That comes as welcome news to ipoker proponents who have begun many years past with …

The exodus of team online players from PokerStars continued last week, as one of Internet poker's all-time legends, Ike Haxton, decided to follow Alex Millar's lead and leave his position as a PokerStars Team Online pro, citing the company's changes to …

The Grand Prix Poker Tour will visit Old Trafford, Manchester with Day 1 on Saturday 16th January 2016 and Day 2 plus a host of side events on Sunday 17th January 2016. The Grand Prix Tour will be taking over several major UK football stadiums for some …

As poker took off and prizepools soared, a combination of skill, sponsorship deals, and his general presence at the poker table saw Ulliott compete on the biggest stages. From the WSOP and WPT, to made-for-TV tournaments, Ulliott was featured heavily …

Poker Star (Robert Halledeen) gets the better Campesino (Shane Ellis) to win the St Catherine Cup feature at Caymanas Park yesterday. (PHOTO: JOSEPH WELLINGTON). Record breaking 15-time champion trainer, Wayne DaCosta picked up where he left …

The new year is here and we are just days away from high-stakes, exciting poker action with the 2016 tournament circuit set to heat-up following the holidays. In the calm before the storm we pause and look back at the last year in poker, remembering …

The NFL regular season comes to a close this weekend and DFS players have even more thinking to do than they would on a normal week. The reason for the extra thinking is that this week we have to consider a team's motivation in addition to all of the …

There is one common pet that can teach us a lot about people and the game of poker. Some of might think this would be a dog or cat, while others may take the Phil Hellmuth route and compare poker players to a lion or a eagle. Oddly enough, we can learn …

Each week, the Global Poker Index releases a list of the top tournament poker players in the world using a formula that takes into account a player's results over six half-year periods. For a look at the entire list, visit the official GPI website …

The NFL regular season comes to a close this weekend and DFS players have even more thinking to do than they would on a normal week. The reason for the extra thinking is that this week we have to consider a team's motivation in addition to all of the …

After all, there was a time, briefly, around 2005, when televised poker shows were garnering more viewers than baseball. Of course, no one could have expected this to last, and there was much talk even then of poker TV being little more than a fad that …

PokerStars New Jersey is an upcoming online poker site which recently received a license to operate from the New Jersey Department of Gaming Enforcement. It is currently owned by Canadian gaming company Amaya, and it will operate in New Jersey …

While some poker fans speculated that Blom has maybe taken a break from online action, HSDB uncovered that this is not the case. Instead of playing the nosebleed games at PokerStars, Blom has instead been witnessed playing high-stakes pot-limit Omaha …

Led by billionaire casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, RAWA still failed to pass muster in 2015. Adelson's December purchase of the Las Vegas Review-Journal could be his last-ditch attempt to make pearls out of swine bills by influencing decision-makers …

A 12-year-old dispute between the United States and the island nation of Antigua and Barbuda appears to finally be coming to an end. In the early 2000s, the U.S. effectively banned the country's lucrative online gambling industry from doing business …

Prior to leaving the US market –following the passage of UIGEA legislation in late 2006 — no other online poker room could compare to Party Poker when it came to traffic or reputation, and the site is now in the midst of reclaiming its past glory with …

The 34-year-old poker pro, originally from Cranston, Rhode Island, now resides in Boston, Massachusetts. Zinno studied chemical engineering and patent law in the past, but turned his focus towards poker after law school. It appears to have been a good …